General Secretary of Los Angeles

1945-1971

This era was marked by the communist government installed by the Yedinburg Pact at the end of the Second Great War. The sole legal party was the Blivenist-Hoevenist Angelean Communist Party, with all politiipal leadershp during this era coming from that single party. Despite initially repressive policies, especially during the 1950s, liberalization policies slowly expanded and reformed government access, cluminating in 1971 with free elections.
Political Parties:
  Communist

Portrait		General Secretary (Birth–Death)	Term		Party	Province	Notes
1		Jean de Paul (1881–1952)	12 May 1946	16 April 1952	Communist	Nouvelle Abagail	After the Second Great War, de Paul, a communist hardliner, was installed as governor of Nouvelle Abagail in 1945. Despite not being the first choice of the Inglaterran occupation forces, de Paul was chosen to become leader of the country as a whole after the death of Johannes Endaans. He would rule Los Angeles from his ascendancy in 1946 until his death in 1952.
			5 years and 340 days
2		Johannes Staal (1881–1961)	16 April 1952	5 March 1961	Communist	Noord Groenkust	Following the death of de Paul, Staal originally ruled as a part of a collective body consisting of 11-15 (the number of members grew over time) functionaries and higher leaders of the Communist Party. In 1954, this body was purged and left Staal as absolute dictator of Los Angeles. During his rule repression increased, and persecution of non-Conversilha speakers increased. The Villelibrene and Serran communities were in particular heavily persecuted in what has been called an ethnic and cultural cleansing of Angelean society. Staal would die of a heart attack at age 80 in 1961
			8 years and 323 days
3		Erik van Bries (1889–1964)	5 March 1961	3 October 1964	Communist	Jerrostad	After Staal died in 1961, a temporary commission consisting of van Bries, Hipolito Rodriguez, and Orlando Costa was appointed by the Presidium of Los Angeles to govern the country. Despite many thinking him to be a hardliner, van Bries was reformist and began to reform the country's political system despite opposition from Rodriguez and Costa. Between 1961 and 1964, van Bries began to overshadow Rodriguez and Costa and became undisputed head of the country. On 3 October 1964, van Bries was found dead. Despite the official autopsy saying van Bries died of natural causes, he was 75 and obese, some scholars allege that either Rodriguez, Costa, or both killed van Bries and covered it up.
			3 years and 212 days
4		Orlando Costa (1924–1999)	3 October 1964	3 September 1968	Communist	Nuevo Serro	Taking power in 1964 after the death of his predecessor, van Bries, Costa reflected a general sentiment among the party elite to maintain their control on power and halt the now rapidly growing reform movements. A staunch Blivenist-Hoevenist, Costa began persecution trials of political dissidents, stepped up discriminatory policies against non-Conversilha speakers, and purged party leadership and replaced leadership with those loyal to him. His growing unpopularity was out of touch with the country as a whole led to Bloodless April, when a coup led by Cherk Oketha overthrew the Costa government. Costa would be imprisoned until his death in 1999.
			4 years and 177 days
5		Cherf Oketha (1914–2003)	29 April 1969	3 September 1971	Communist	New Ketha	After taking power in Bloodless April, Oketha served as General Secretary of Los Angeles from 1969 until his inauguration as president in 1971. Oketha was responsible for many democratic reforms, including the expansion of the franchise to all citizens, not just party members, the legalization of opposition parties, and the transfer of power to the Presidium, effectively turning the previously autocratic General Secretary position into an indirectly elected head of government and the previously rubber stamping body into a full fledged legislature. For his acts he has been called the "Father of Los Angeles".
			2 years and 127 days